The lowly economy car used to be an object of dread. Boring exteriors, drab interiors and underwhelming powertrains, galore. Thing is though, economy cars don’t have to mean you’ve given up. They could be fun, cheap transportation that’s both easy on the wallet and on the eyes.Today’s Thread of the Day comes from Fierorunner who wants to know with a…

Manufacturers risk a lot when resurrecting a fabled nameplate. Yet, after a 25-year hiatus, Chevrolet brought the Impala SS name back to the marketplace in '94. Introduced at the 1993 Detroit auto show, the new SS was essentially a Caprice LTZ with an exterior dress-up package and a Corvette-based iron-headed 5.7-liter/260-horse LT1 V-8. In a 1994 Motor Trend road test,…